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'''Myatt's Fields South''' is a social housing estate located between Brixton Road and Camberwell New Road in South London. It is on land that once formed part of the Lambeth Wick estate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol26/pp108-122|title=Brixton: Lambeth Wick estate {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref>
'''Myatt's Fields South''' is a social housing estate located between Brixton Road and Camberwell New Road in South London. It is on land that once formed part of the Lambeth Wick estate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol26/pp108-122|title=Brixton: Lambeth Wick estate {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref>

Myatt's Fields North and South estates were built between 1970 and 1984 with 470 homes on the North and 324 on the South.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Lambeth Architecture 1965-99|last=Bird / Price|first=Edmund / Fiona|publisher=Lambeth Archives and Lambeth Local History Forum|year=2015|isbn=978-0-0026695-3-9|location=London|pages=109}}</ref>


In recent years it has been the subject of a dispute between residents and Lambeth Council, who have tried to replace the [[District heating|boiler system]] that serves Myatt's Field South, and Myatt's Field North estate, which has since been redeveloped as Oval Quarter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/the-story-of-the-camberwell-submarine/7013918.article|title=The story of the Camberwell Submarine {{!}} Analysis {{!}} Inside Housing|website=www.insidehousing.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novaramedia.com/2016/07/24/redeveloped-into-fuel-poverty-the-story-of-myatts-field-north/|title=Redeveloped into Fuel Poverty: The Story of Myatts Field North.|website=Novara Media|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Urban|first1=Mike|title=Lambeth pensioners, tenants and supporters take action against Local Government cuts with ‘Warm-Up’ inside Brixton Tate Library|url=http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/03/lambeth-pensioners-tenants-and-supporters-take-action-against-local-government-cuts-with-warm-up-inside-brixton-tate-library/|accessdate=4 May 2017|work=Brixton Buzz news, features and listings for Brixton, London|date=18 March 2016}}</ref>
In recent years it has been the subject of a dispute between residents and Lambeth Council, who have tried to replace the [[District heating|boiler system]] that serves Myatt's Field South, and Myatt's Field North estate, which has since been redeveloped as Oval Quarter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/the-story-of-the-camberwell-submarine/7013918.article|title=The story of the Camberwell Submarine {{!}} Analysis {{!}} Inside Housing|website=www.insidehousing.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novaramedia.com/2016/07/24/redeveloped-into-fuel-poverty-the-story-of-myatts-field-north/|title=Redeveloped into Fuel Poverty: The Story of Myatts Field North.|website=Novara Media|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Urban|first1=Mike|title=Lambeth pensioners, tenants and supporters take action against Local Government cuts with ‘Warm-Up’ inside Brixton Tate Library|url=http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/03/lambeth-pensioners-tenants-and-supporters-take-action-against-local-government-cuts-with-warm-up-inside-brixton-tate-library/|accessdate=4 May 2017|work=Brixton Buzz news, features and listings for Brixton, London|date=18 March 2016}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The area to the West of Myatt's Fields Park suffered considerable bomb damage during the Second World War, with the area of Mostyn road being extensively damaged and a V2 rocket levelling buildings on Lothian Road where it meets Calais Street.<ref>{{Cite book|title=London County Council Bomb Damage Maps (1939-1945)|last=Ward|first=Laurence|publisher=Thames & Hudson Ltd|year=2015|isbn=978-0-500-51825-0|location=Latvia|pages=157}}</ref>

The estate was designed by Lambeth Council by a team of architects led by [[Edward Hollamby|Ted Hollamby]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=6324%7C%20Housing%20in%20Lambeth%201965-80%20and%20its%20National%20Context.|title=English Heritage: Research Report Series no. 2–2014|last=Franklin|first=Geraint|last2=Harwood|first2=Elain|publisher=English Heritage|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=|issn=2046-9799}}</ref> Hollamby had been employed as senior architect at the London County Council from 1949 to 1962, where he led the design of the [[Brandon Estate]] in [[Kennington]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/24/guardianobituaries|title=Edward Hollamby|date=2000-01-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He then left to work at London borough of Lambeth, where he was director of architecture, planning and development from 1969 to 1981, and for whom he designed Myatt's Fields South. Hollamby also designed [[Cressingham Gardens]] and Central Hill estate, both of which are currently proposed for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/cressingham-gardens-regeneration-approved-in-high-court/7018185.article|title=Cressingham Gardens regeneration approved in High Court {{!}} News {{!}} Inside Housing|website=www.insidehousing.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/20474/lambeth-recommends-full-rebuilding-central-hill-estate/|title=Lambeth recommends the full rebuilding of Central Hill estate|last=Azam|first=Shuz|date=2017-03-15|work=London News Online|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
The estate was designed by Lambeth Council by a team of architects led by [[Edward Hollamby|Ted Hollamby]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=6324%7C%20Housing%20in%20Lambeth%201965-80%20and%20its%20National%20Context.|title=English Heritage: Research Report Series no. 2–2014|last=Franklin|first=Geraint|last2=Harwood|first2=Elain|publisher=English Heritage|year=2014|isbn=|location=|pages=|issn=2046-9799}}</ref> Hollamby had been employed as senior architect at the London County Council from 1949 to 1962, where he led the design of the [[Brandon Estate]] in [[Kennington]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/24/guardianobituaries|title=Edward Hollamby|date=2000-01-23|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He then left to work at London borough of Lambeth, where he was director of architecture, planning and development from 1969 to 1981, and for whom he designed Myatt's Fields South. Hollamby also designed [[Cressingham Gardens]] and Central Hill estate, both of which are currently proposed for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/cressingham-gardens-regeneration-approved-in-high-court/7018185.article|title=Cressingham Gardens regeneration approved in High Court {{!}} News {{!}} Inside Housing|website=www.insidehousing.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/20474/lambeth-recommends-full-rebuilding-central-hill-estate/|title=Lambeth recommends the full rebuilding of Central Hill estate|last=Azam|first=Shuz|date=2017-03-15|work=London News Online|access-date=2017-05-03|language=en-US}}</ref>

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Hollamby contracted [[Edmund Happold]] from Ove Arup & Partners to advise on structural engineering, contributing to the development of Central Hill estate, West Norwood Library and the subterranean boiler house at Myatt's Fields.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=6324%7C%20Housing%20in%20Lambeth%201965-80%20and%20its%20National%20Context.|title=HOUSING IN LAMBETH 1965–80 AND ITS NATIONAL CONTEXT - A THEMATIC STUDY|last=Franklin / Harwood|first=Geraint and Elain|publisher=English Heritage|year=2014|issn=2046-9799|location=|pages=6}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
The estate is formed of 354 dwellings, including 8 designed for severely disabled people, and 15 refurbished Victorian houses on Loughborough Road.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Myatts Fields South Phases IVa, V and VI|last=|first=|publisher=Lambeth Council|year=1974|isbn=|location=|pages=LBL/BDD/1/92/3}}</ref> The new build houses cater for a mixture of housing types, with a ring of apartments above garages at the perimeter of the estate, and town houses and terraces arranged around pedestrian footpaths inside.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernistestates.com/post/97465972405/modernist-lives-ruth-lang-myatts-fields-south|title=Modernist Estates|last=Orazi|first=Stefi|date=14 September 2014|website=Modernist Estates|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref> These are a maximum of 3 storeys high, with living rooms and bedrooms facing away from the noise of the surrounding roads. The green spaces within the estate were intended to form part of a "parkway" of public open space parallel to Brixton Road.<ref name=":0" />
The estate is built of slate and brick blocks over parking undercrofts.<ref name=":1" /> It is formed of 354 dwellings, including 8 designed for severely disabled people, and 15 refurbished Victorian houses on Loughborough Road.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Myatts Fields South Phases IVa, V and VI|last=|first=|publisher=Lambeth Council|year=1974|isbn=|location=|pages=LBL/BDD/1/92/3}}</ref> The new build houses cater for a mixture of housing types, with a ring of apartments above garages at the perimeter of the estate, and town houses and terraces arranged around pedestrian footpaths inside.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernistestates.com/post/97465972405/modernist-lives-ruth-lang-myatts-fields-south|title=Modernist Estates|last=Orazi|first=Stefi|date=14 September 2014|website=Modernist Estates|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-05-03}}</ref> These are a maximum of 3 storeys high, with living rooms and bedrooms facing away from the noise of the surrounding roads. The green spaces within the estate were intended to form part of a "parkway" of public open space parallel to Brixton Road.<ref name=":0" />

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Ted Hollamby contracted [[Edmund Happold]] from Ove Arup & Partners to advise on structural engineering, contributing to the development of Central Hill estate, West Norwood Library and the subterranean boiler house at Myatt's Fields which was designed to heat both North and South Myatt's Fields estates.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=6324%7C%20Housing%20in%20Lambeth%201965-80%20and%20its%20National%20Context.|title=HOUSING IN LAMBETH 1965–80 AND ITS NATIONAL CONTEXT - A THEMATIC STUDY|last=Franklin / Harwood|first=Geraint and Elain|publisher=English Heritage|year=2014|issn=2046-9799|location=|pages=6}}</ref> The boiler house has a design that led to it being called 'HMS Hollamby', and more recently, 'The Submarine'. The North part of Myatt's Fields estate was redeveloped in 2013-15, as its design was believed to contribute to anti-social behaviour, and the garage space was underused as a result of car ownership being less than predicted in the 1970s.<ref name=":1" />


==Communal boiler dispute==
==Communal boiler dispute==

Revision as of 18:11, 23 October 2017

Myatt's Fields South Estate
Myatt's Fields South Estate
Map
General information
LocationMyatt's Fields South, Lambeth, London
Coordinates51°28′18″N 0°06′36″W / 51.471528°N 0.110015°W / 51.471528; -0.110015
Area11.20 acres (4.48 ha)
No. of units354
Construction
ArchitectTed Hollamby
AuthorityLondon Borough of Lambeth

Myatt's Fields South is a social housing estate located between Brixton Road and Camberwell New Road in South London. It is on land that once formed part of the Lambeth Wick estate.[1]

Myatt's Fields North and South estates were built between 1970 and 1984 with 470 homes on the North and 324 on the South.[2]

In recent years it has been the subject of a dispute between residents and Lambeth Council, who have tried to replace the boiler system that serves Myatt's Field South, and Myatt's Field North estate, which has since been redeveloped as Oval Quarter.[3][4][5]

History

The area to the West of Myatt's Fields Park suffered considerable bomb damage during the Second World War, with the area of Mostyn road being extensively damaged and a V2 rocket levelling buildings on Lothian Road where it meets Calais Street.[6]

The estate was designed by Lambeth Council by a team of architects led by Ted Hollamby.[7] Hollamby had been employed as senior architect at the London County Council from 1949 to 1962, where he led the design of the Brandon Estate in Kennington.[8] He then left to work at London borough of Lambeth, where he was director of architecture, planning and development from 1969 to 1981, and for whom he designed Myatt's Fields South. Hollamby also designed Cressingham Gardens and Central Hill estate, both of which are currently proposed for redevelopment.[9][10]

Description

The estate is built of slate and brick blocks over parking undercrofts.[2] It is formed of 354 dwellings, including 8 designed for severely disabled people, and 15 refurbished Victorian houses on Loughborough Road.[11] The new build houses cater for a mixture of housing types, with a ring of apartments above garages at the perimeter of the estate, and town houses and terraces arranged around pedestrian footpaths inside.[12] These are a maximum of 3 storeys high, with living rooms and bedrooms facing away from the noise of the surrounding roads. The green spaces within the estate were intended to form part of a "parkway" of public open space parallel to Brixton Road.[11]

Ted Hollamby contracted Edmund Happold from Ove Arup & Partners to advise on structural engineering, contributing to the development of Central Hill estate, West Norwood Library and the subterranean boiler house at Myatt's Fields which was designed to heat both North and South Myatt's Fields estates.[13] The boiler house has a design that led to it being called 'HMS Hollamby', and more recently, 'The Submarine'. The North part of Myatt's Fields estate was redeveloped in 2013-15, as its design was believed to contribute to anti-social behaviour, and the garage space was underused as a result of car ownership being less than predicted in the 1970s.[2]

Communal boiler dispute

In 2014, 120 residents of the estate were taken to court by Lambeth council for refusing to let engineers into their homes to fit new boilers. Residents were concerned that the replacement of a communal boiler would result in increased fuel bills.[14][15]

As of 2017, the boiler dispute is still ongoing and campaigners claim that it is causing fuel poverty.[16]

  • Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate
    Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate
  • Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate
    Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate
  • Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate
    Interior of Myatt's Fields South Estate

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Brixton: Lambeth Wick estate | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c Bird / Price, Edmund / Fiona (2015). Lambeth Architecture 1965-99. London: Lambeth Archives and Lambeth Local History Forum. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-0026695-3-9. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  3. ^ "The story of the Camberwell Submarine | Analysis | Inside Housing". www.insidehousing.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  4. ^ "Redeveloped into Fuel Poverty: The Story of Myatts Field North". Novara Media. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  5. ^ Urban, Mike (18 March 2016). "Lambeth pensioners, tenants and supporters take action against Local Government cuts with 'Warm-Up' inside Brixton Tate Library". Brixton Buzz news, features and listings for Brixton, London. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ Ward, Laurence (2015). London County Council Bomb Damage Maps (1939-1945). Latvia: Thames & Hudson Ltd. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-500-51825-0.
  7. ^ Franklin, Geraint; Harwood, Elain (2014). English Heritage: Research Report Series no. 2–2014. English Heritage. ISSN 2046-9799.
  8. ^ "Edward Hollamby". The Guardian. 2000-01-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  9. ^ "Cressingham Gardens regeneration approved in High Court | News | Inside Housing". www.insidehousing.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  10. ^ Azam, Shuz (2017-03-15). "Lambeth recommends the full rebuilding of Central Hill estate". London News Online. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  11. ^ a b Myatts Fields South Phases IVa, V and VI. Lambeth Council. 1974. pp. LBL/BDD/1/92/3.
  12. ^ Orazi, Stefi (14 September 2014). "Modernist Estates". Modernist Estates. Retrieved 2017-05-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ Franklin / Harwood, Geraint and Elain (2014). HOUSING IN LAMBETH 1965–80 AND ITS NATIONAL CONTEXT - A THEMATIC STUDY. English Heritage. p. 6. ISSN 2046-9799.
  14. ^ "120 residents on estate face court after refusing to have new boilers". Evening Standard. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  15. ^ "PRESS RELEASE: Revealed – Boris Johnson's secret energy partnership with Npower – Switched On London". switchedonlondon.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  16. ^ Dowling, Nicola; Goldberg, Adrian (2017-04-30). "Green heating system accused of causing 'fuel poverty'". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
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